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offline defrag of exchange

Hi lads

I have an exchange server with a database of 50GB
I have 3 drives C:\ with 35GB free space and E:\ with 40GB of free space and F:\ with 600GB free space

C:\ is the system drive
E:\ is the drive with the exchange database
F:\ is an ISCSI drive from a NAS Server

I am trying to do an offline defrag of exchange
I am running the following command
E:\"program files"\exchsrvr\bin\eseutil.exe /d E:\progra~1\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb

this command runs ok but there is not enough space on C:\ to hold the temp database

is there a way to run this command that will write the Temp database to F:\ and allow the defrag to finish ok

thanks for any help

MegaNuk3

Have a look at /T to change the temporary location

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ASKER

hi meganuk3

something like this
E:\"program files"\exchsrvr\bin\eseutil.exe /d /t F:\dbback\tempdfrg.edb E:\progra~1\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb

thanks for your help

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hi lads

I have looked at /p

this is Microsoft’s explanation of it
"Retains and preserves the original uncompacted database in its original location and stores the new compacted database in the default file Exchsrvr\Bin\Tempdfrg.edb."

does this mean that after defrag is finished it will still use the original uncompacted database and then write the new database to E:\progra~1\exchsrvr\mdbdata or will it lave the new database on the ISCSI drive

Ian Pattison

It will create the temp database wherever you point it using /t

The extract you have read is if you ONLY use /p

Ian Pattison

In other words your original database will be in the original location, and defrayed database wherever you put it with /p

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i have just run this command
E:\"program files"\exchsrvr\bin\eseutil.exe /d E:\progra~1\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb /t F:\temppriv.edb /p
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i will let you know how i get on

Thanks lads for your help greatly appreciated